History Main / DefeatMeansMenialLabor

* "VideoGame/{{Omori}}" : In the OMORI route, after regaining access to HUMPHREY, the party can find the former villain Sweetheart being forced to be a maid for the Slime Girls who she swindled, even being renamed to Sweepheart.

* "VideoGame/Omori" : In the OMORI route, after regaining access to HUMPHREY, the party can find the former villain Sweetheart being forced to be a maid for the Slime Girls who she swindled, even being renamed to Sweepheart.

** Magellan is a more sympathetic example. Unlike most antagonists in the series, he's not evil and took his job as warden of Impel Down very seriously, wanting to make sure the most dangerous criminals of the prison are locked up tight so the outside world can feel safer. That put him at odds against Luffy, who broke in to save his brother Ace. When Luffy causes a jailbreak on his way out, half of the prisoners escaped and Magellan was likewise beaten by the Blackbeard Pirates. He nearly took his life for his failure, though Sengoku, Fleet Marine Admiral at the time, stopped him. A cover story later showed that he was demoted to Vice-Warden presumably for said breakout. But hey, not too bad of a rank down and the one who took his position, the former vice-warden Hannaybal, was someone who Magellan had planned to give the job to in the future anyway.

** Spandam is seen as the head of [=CP9=] ruling over Enies Lobby. After the [=CP9=] is defeated and Enies Lobby is bombed by a Buster Call due to his incompetence, he's seen later working for the [=CP9=]... ''under'' his former subordinate, Rob Lucci, who's head of that organization.

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'' have the main villain, Jara the evil cat billionaire, intending to hijack the time machine for himself and abandon the other cat and dog citizens to their doom, but he was ultimately stopped by the combined efforts of Nobita, Doraemon, Hachi and their friends. In the final scene where the population of cats and dogs are in their evacuation vessel escaping their soon-to-be-destroyed planet, Jara and his mooks are shown as janitors mopping the transport's deck.
* ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'':

* "VideoGame/Omori": In the OMORI route, after regaining access to HUMPHREY, the party can find the former villain Sweetheart being forced to be a maid for the Slime Girls who she swindled, even being renamed to Sweepheart.

* "VideoGame/OMORI": In the OMORI route, after regaining access to HUMPHREY, the party can find the former villain Sweetheart being forced to be a maid for the Slime Girls who she swindled, even being renamed to Sweepheart.

* Until 1870, attained [[USefulNotes/KnightFever British peers]] convicted of treason were subjected to corruption of blood, stripping them from their peerage. The Titles Deprivation Act 1917 allowed the crown to suspend from their peerage those peers who were serving for the Central Powers (due to migrations and family links, it happened sometimes Germans and Austrians ended up holding British titles); however, their descendants could claim them back.
* In France, nobles convicted of infamous crimes were stripped from their nobility, but they or their descendants could claim it back, if allowed by the king.

->''"You’ll be my slave in Mycenae. A Trojan priestess scrubbing my floors."''

* ''Literature/TheSeventhTower'': Chosen who misbehave are given "deluminants", marks of dishonor. A Chosen who receives seven deluminants is demoted to a lower caste.

* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': The short film ''WesternAnimation/FrozenFever'' showcases that [[PrinceCharmless Hans]], having been sent back to the Southern Isles in disgrace for [[TheUsurper his attempted takeover of Arendelle]], is shown shoveling horse poop (and forced to do it in the same clothes he wore during his visit to Arendelle). When a sickly Queen Elsa attempts to blow the birthday horn for her sister Anna on the latter's birthday, she accidentally sneezes a giant snowball into it instead, launching all the way to the Isles, where it knocks Hans into a wagon full of RoadApples much to the amusement of the horses. The ''Ride/FrozenEverAfter'' attraction revealed that [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/6/64/Tumblr_o94ue0pxIx1tvsmgao2_1280.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160622025619 even his own countrymen]] [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating found it funny]] when he was [[AssholeVictim knocked into the poop]].

* In the end of [[Theatre/{{Latibaer}} Glanni Glæpur Í Latabæ]], the people of Latibær force Glanni to clean the president's car, which he stole, with a cotton stick.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' ends with a CloseEnoughTimeline in which the villain Biff Tannen, who was George [=McFly=]'s cruel supervisor in the original timeline, ends up waxing and detailing cars for a living, with George being one of the customers he has to please. Try not to think too hard about why the family would hire the guy who tried to rape George's wife Lorraine in high school.

* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'': Iorek Byrnison was stripped from his claims to the crown of Svalbard and his armor and was exiled after he was set up for the murder of Hjalmur Hjalmurson, who had been drugged by Iofur Raknison, helped by Marisa Coulter, who wanted to have an ally who would accept her bases.
* ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'': In ''The Two Towers'' The Rohirrim put their Dunlander captives to work repairing the fortress of Helm's Deep after they lost the battle over it, which amazes them, as Saruman had told them that the Rohirrim would burn their captives alive. Having experienced war firsthand, Tolkien made sure to show his heroes treating [=POWs=] with decency.

* ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'': After Darla Dimple outs herself as having caused the flood to prevent the animals from gaining stardom, her career literally goes through the floor, and, as seen in the end credits (and the page image), she is relegated to a lowly janitor, posting a "The End" sign up on the wall and giving a DeathGlare at the camera.

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ends with a CloseEnoughTimeline in which the villain Biff Tannen, who was George [=McFly=]'s cruel supervisor in the original timeline, ends up waxing and detailing cars for a living, with George being one of the customers he has to please. Try not to think too hard about why the family would hire the guy who tried to rape George's wife Lorraine in high school.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': When Erio tries to jump Akira to take charge of Sheryl's gang, it ends up a CurbStompBattle in Akira's favor. Sheryl gives Erio a DareToBeBadass speech banishing him until he makes an accomplishment like Akira has as one of the DisasterScavengers out in dangerous ruins. Akira, barely able to walk due to all his loot, runs into and saves Erio after his EpicFail of an attempt, and Erio has to carry all of Akira's loot back on foot to be allowed back in their gang.

* ''Film/{{Paddington}}'': At the end, the evil taxidermist is forced to work in the petting zoo cleaning up dung.

* ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'': The short film ''WesternAnimation/FrozenFever'' showcases that [[PrinceCharmless Hans]], having been sent back to the Southern Isles in disgrace for [[TheUsurper his attempted takeover of Arendelle]], is shown shoveling horse poop (and forced to do it in the same clothes he wore during his visit to Arendelle). When a sickly Queen Elsa attempts to blow the birthday horn for her sister Anna on the latter's birthday, she accidentally sneezes a giant snowball into it instead, launching all the way to the Isles, where it knocks Hans into a wagon full of RoadApples much to the amusement of the horses. The ''Frozen Ever After'' attraction revealed that [[https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/6/64/Tumblr_o94ue0pxIx1tvsmgao2_1280.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160622025619 even his own countrymen]] [[ZeroPercentApprovalRating found it funny]] when he was [[AssholeVictim knocked into the poop]].

*** In the manga and [[Anime/FullMetalAlchemistBrotherhood Brotherhood anime]], he becomes a reluctant ally to the protagonists despite his wrongdoings. And in the end, ends up working at a circus as a clown.

** Spandam is seen as the head of [=CP9=] ruling over Enis Lobby. After the [=CP9=] is defeated and Enis Lobby is bombed by a Buster Call due to his incompetence. He's seen later working for the CP-0... ''under'' his former subordinate, Rob Lucci, who's head of that organization.
** Magellan is a more sympathetic example. Unlike most in the series, he's not evil and took his job as warden of Impel Down very seriously. Wanting to make sure the most dangerous criminals of the prison are locked up tight so the outside world can feel safer. So that put him at odds against Luffy who broke in to save his brother Ace. When Luffy causes a jailbreak on his way out, half of the prisoners escaped and Magellan was likewise beaten by the Blackbeard Pirates. He nearly took his life for his failure though Sengoku, Fleet Marine Admiral at the time, stopped him. A cover story later showed that he was demoted to Vice-Warden presumably for said breakout. But hey not too bad of a rank down and the one who took his position, the former vice-warden Hannaybal, was someone who Magellan had planned to give the job to in the future anyway.

*** In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', he ends up homeless and taken in by Isvahlins until he sees Scar and reports him in the hope he'll regain his position and [[DeathByAdaptation shot dead]] by the Homunculos to spark discord for the BigBad's plans.

** In '03 anime, this also extends to the anime-only character Lyra, who acts as Yorki's enforcer. After Ed defeats her, she's seen again working as a maid under Dante, though legitimately turned over a new leaf. Unfortunately Dante manipulates and steals her body later on.

* ''Film/OsmosisJones'': Having nearly killed Frank and all cells therein by being an ObstructiveBureaucrat, mayor Phlegmming is relegated to a custodial job in the large intestine. This job doesn't last long, [[TooDumbToLive as he manages to eject himself from Frank's body]] [[WhatDoesThisButtonDo by pressing the flatulence button]].

* ''Film/TroopBeverlyHills'': At the end, not only do Velda's Red Feathers lose the Wilderness Girls race to the titular team, but she loses more than that: first, [[VillainousBreakdown she loses her temper]] [[SoreLoser at having lost]], and then, as punishment for her behavior, she loses her job with the Wilderness Girls. In the end, she is seen working as a lowly cashier at [[UsefulNotes/{{Kmart}} K-Mart]] -- something she threatened Annie with, [[IronicEcho right down to the very line that she would have made Annie say.]]

* In the most literal application of the trope possible, the loser of a TabletopGame/Jenga game is supposed to stack the block tower for the next match.

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'': In the "Hordes of the Underdark" expansion, one of the options for thwarting [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Archdevil]] [[BigBad Mephistopheles]]' invasion of Toril is to [[IKnowYourTrueName bind him to your will with the power of his True Name...]] then force him to spend the rest of his immortal existence working as a chambermaid in an inn.

* ''Film/MaidToOrder1987'': When spoiled, Beverly Hills-raised Jessie Montgomery is thrown in jail, her long-suffering father wishes he'd never had her. FairyGodmother Stella grants his wish, causing him to forget her. Jessie is forced to take a job as a maid to survive.